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Bruno Putzeys
 
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Default Recommend crossover capacitors, values?

It's unlikely that the film caps were added to increase the value of the
electrolytics appreciably. Compare the value of the film caps to the 10% (or
more) tolerance of the electrolytics. It's done in a bid to combine the
quality of the film cap with the capacitance of the electrolytic. The sound
of such parallel circuits is pretty unpredictable though - needs
experimentation when you change types of components. It's not unusual for an
electrolytic to sound better alone than with an extra film cap on top.

Intertechnik (http://www.intertechnik.de/) sells "audyn" branded film caps
up to rather large values. Very decent sounding parts.

The largest film caps are from http://www.eci-capacitors.com/. Never tried
them though.

Matching to within 10% (eg +/-5% tolerance) is desirable, to make sure the
speakers (well, ignoring differences between drive units) remain within 1dB
of eachother.